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Dancing Through Decades: 'Main Parwaana' Radiates 60s Nostalgia with a Contemporary Twist - Song Review by Rithika Prabakar. Main Parwaana - The sweet hesitancy of new love, with back-and-forth flirtations carrying a humorous romantic spirit throughout the song. ARR's composition smoothly captures the mischief and playfulness. A tune that feels like it stepped out of the '60s, with that classic soldier-in-a-bar vibe, but with some modern twists to make it sound fresh and cool. How can a composition be old and new at the same time?! ARR captures the 60s charm in the most awesome way possible! This song is about a boy expressing his intense love for the girl declaring himself as her admirer. He conveys his burning love by comparing himself to a moth drawn to her flame. Parwana is a butterfly, or a moth. Shama is an Urdu word which means a candle or a lamp that burns. Poets believe that true lovers are like these moths who die in the flame of a belo...

Manike Mage Hithae !! 🖤✨️ Learn online for free : Tutorial 13. Presenting you all the tutorial, notations and cover for the trending and popular Sinhala track 'Manike Mage Hithe' hummed by young singers Yohani and Satheeshan.The song has gone viral in no time and has garnered over 100 million views on YouTube and 1 million streams on Spotify. The English meaning of 'Manike Mage Hithe' is 'Baby in my Heart'. The lyrics of the hit record are inked down by Dulan Arx (Dulanja Alwis). Chamath Sangeeth is the melodist of this captivating music. For more, subscribe to this Youtube Channel  👈 Original Scale : C# Scale used : C# Shruthi : 1 1/2 • Swarams : S R2 G1 M1 P D2 N1 •   To learn how to play this song,  do click here  👈 While geographical boundaries never mattered when it came to music, the internet has truly expanded its reach. Overcoming the barriers of language, each day, Indians get to experience and fall in love with new songs in ...

Bella ciao !! An Italian folk song that was adopted as an anthem of the anti-fascist resistance. It was used by the Italian partisans during the Italian Civil War between 1943 and 1945 in their struggle against the fascist Italian Social Republic and its Nazi German allies. "Bella ciao" is used worldwide as an anti-fascist hymn of freedom and resistance!  • Download the written Carnatic Notations here • 👇 This song is sung multiple times throughout the Netflix's Spanish television series Money Heist (La casa de papel) The character Tokyo recounts in one of her narrations, "The life of El Profesor revolved around a single idea: Resistance. His grandfather, who had fought against the fascists in Italy, taught him the song and he taught us." The song is also played in other emblematic moments in the series as a metaphor for freedom. To know how to play this in instruments,  click here  👈 "Una mattina mi sono alzato O bella ciao, be...

Malarnthum Malaratha  - Raaga Analysis and Carnatic Notations : The breathtaking song Malarnthum Malaratha from the Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, Gemini Ganesan starrer Pasamalar is based on the Raga Abheri. This emotionally driven number indulged Abheri throughout and was well sung by T.M. Soundarrajan and P. Susheela. Composed by the Golden era composers  Vishwanathan - Ramamoorthy , penned by  Kannadasan . To learn how to do a Violin cover instrumental on Malarnthum Malaradha, click HERE  👈 Raga Abheri : Abheri has a serene and contemplative mood, sometimes with a submissive touch. The scale of Abheri has five swaras during ascent and all the swaras during descent – we call this audava-sampoorna ragam. It is a janyam of the 22nd melakartha, Kharaharapriya. Aarohanam – S G2 M1 P N2 S Avarohanam – S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S Abheri is synonymous with “Nagumomu ganaleni” composed by Saint Thyagaraja , a lilting composition with a light hint of pathos. ...

Kadhal Rojave : Raga Analysis, Notations and Review Kadhal rojavae, A song of sweet pain and flourishing memories is one of those songs we couldn't stop halfway even in situations we have to. One such song that makes us emotional, make ours a teary eye for no reason. The magic of music! As soon as the song begins, our eyes closes and we are transported to another world. The feel it gives us will not make us to stop the song, even when there is a sudden call of work! What an idea to give flute backing to Sujatha's voice, giving such a surreal and mesmerising effect. How do you think of these things ARR  ! How magical it is! It's her humming that puts soul to this song because without the humming part the whole song seems to be incomplete! It makes our mind, travel back magically in time and feels anew like the first time heard with the lovely flute pieces by Naveen Kumar . The whole song is a bliss and her humming part is like cherry on the cake! And Balu sir, always sen...

Nenjukulle umma mudinjirukken!! ♥️ Nenjukulle, this song truly takes us to a whole new level, sweeping our senses in complete fascination and is mesmerising!  Only some songs has the power to change our disturbed mood upside down and this song tops the list! "Nenjukkulle"   truly plays a symphony with our heart!  A lilting melody with Spanish guitar like riffs - Effective use of strings, as always, and guitars make this song a repeated listener. The arrangement is trademark ARR and towards the middle of the song, the voice of Rahman sir in the humming portion elevates the song to a new heavenly plane. His voice as the male vocalist is the icing on the cake  ♥️☃️ This is also one of the few songs that are modern, yet stays true to its origins in absolute regard to the genre. Only AR Rahman can define new dimension of music and his every song has been an illustration over the years! Song : Nenjukulle Music : AR Rahman Movie : Kadal Direction : ...

NAVARASA BGM NOTATIONS : This tune kept on ringing in my ears that I can't think about anything else but to do a Violin Cover Version on this! What a score by @arrahman sir. Beyond words. So catchy, energetic, rhythmic, emotional and simple all at the same time. This is going to be my alarm tone as well. Soul stirring Strings! Happy to share my Strings cover on Navarasa's theme music with Notations!  Scale  : E Shruthi : 3 Swarasthaanam : S R2 G1 M1 P D1 D2 N1 To know the notations or for knowing how to play, please start watching the video.  Click this link to learn how to play this song 👈 EASY TUTORIAL Violin cover starts from : 5.25 mins Now let's have a look at the Notations. Full Cover Version on my YouTube Channel.  Click this link to learn more songs with Notations👈 My cover version of this Navarasa theme got recognized by 2 directors (Thunindha pin, Inmai) Executive Producer and the Producer Jayendra sir of Team Navarasa...